Caroline94535

I have been having so much fun reading all the old posts on these forums. Since we're still in remodel mess, and probably will be for-ev-er, I can't get all my stuff out to sew...but I can research my four machines.

My Pfaff 130-6, set into a Singer 42 Deco cabinet, was a FreeCycle gift. It came complete with all the original Pfaff accessories, sewing gadgets, booklets, etc. There were a few Singer accessories included, too. Several of the booklets had "Amy" written on their covers; one envelope had "Mrs. Dudley Winslow" and an Arvilla, ND address that is about 10 miles from my house. It has a 3-cent stamp.

The original sales receipt was included, too, but it's temporarily "lost" in the pile(s) of paperwork I've been slowly organizing and filing. I know I will find it again, eventually. Then it will join all of its other papers and booklets that are safely stored in the Pfaff Binder.

I had to know more about Ms. Amy and learn a bit about my machine's 'other mother.'

In the course of searching ancestry, find-a-grave, local news and other resources I have learned...

Amy C. Ooneland was born in 1905, and died in 1995. Her middle name on the original sales receipt - 1952 or 1954 - is 'Carol' or 'Carolyn.' My name is 'Carol.'

She graduated from the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston, MN, in 1925 and taught school in Nielsville, MN.

She married Dudley H. Winslow in 1929; they had two daughters, Clyone and Ardythe. Dudley died in 1964.

She married James Love in 1970. They lived in Larimore, ND (my little town.) He died in 1979. She remained unmarried until her death in 1995.

I found a PDF file of her college yearbook, The Red River Aggie 1925. It has her senior photo and a sorority group photo that she was in.

I went to the "town" of Arvilla - a wide spot in the road near thousands of aces of wheat and potatoes - and stopped in the very old, small cemetery. I walked right up to it without having to search - the marker showing Amy and Dudley's resting place. I have not found much info on James Love - yet.

I still want to find which house she and James lived in here in Larimore, and the Winslow's home place in Arvilla. Her daughters, grand-, and great-grandchildren were in California at the time of her death. Her Pfaff and all the sewing items had been stored in a barn for several years before being auctioned off. The cabinet served as an end table for a married UND couple before they gave it to me.

It's back in Larimore now, loved, and will be used. I've earmarked it for my youngest brother (16 years younger) for when I no longer need it.

I have not figured out how to Save and/or Print her PDF photo, but it is on Page 41 of the Red River Aggie 1925. She is beautiful, and a very stylish lady.

SteveH

Now that is some COOL research!!!! Well done!

elnan

I second the comment by SteveH. I admire the way you've researched and presented her information.

HelenAnn

That is a very cool story. The machine is lucky to have found you. I am sensing a novel about early settlers in ND.

foufymaus

well done!

KLO

I just love when someone can find out that kind of information. It's hard to believe that the machine is now living in it's old neighborhood with another "Carol". Nice that you are documenting all that info. with photos and such. Good that it was given to you instead of just someone wanting to turn around and sell it.

WIChix

Very sweet her-story...and now, yourstory, too!

sdhaevrsi

I liked reading about your Pfaff, thank you for sharing!

sews

Here she is:


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I love this type of research. We collect/sell old photos and I have done my share of identifying locations and ships. History lessons at their best :-) !

(photo should by now be in the Public Domain, so no copyright violation)

Rodney

Very cool research!
Rodney